Regions under the control of control of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a militant group that controls northwest Syria, are set to import electricity from Turkey, in a sign that Ankara is taking steps to formalize and cement its relations with the HTS government.
Towns and villages in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib, which is under the control of HTS, are suffering constant power outages. The power stations serving the area are located in areas controlled by the Syrian government, which has been refusing to supply the province with electricity ever since it fell to the armed opposition in March 2015.